Indeed, we do love to travel (we are writing from shipboard as we speak, afloat off Venice!), especially if we have all the right stuff with us. The smart designers and gifted leatherworkers at Graphic Image can help fulfill that wish. 

Tom Glazer, son of the founder, Bennett Glazer, who today helms the company along with sister Carol, often says, "My favorite comment about Graphic Image is that we are the biggest brand that nobody has heard of."  He explains that what this means is that brand awareness is there, just not total name awareness.  "Anyone shopping the top stores in America knows our products immediately by their style, if not by name.  Our style is our brand.  It is recognizable without a label."

The company produces the smartest, chicest, most beautifully made travel accessories, among other items-travel journals, agendas, photo albums, keepsake albums, and the like.  But the best items are the ones you can take along with you that will even make travel more pleasant (if that is possible!), like the Crayola-colored luggage tags, the handsome alarm clocks, the change purses, the European-money holders, the passport holders (our favorites are the metallic ones!), and the various different configurations of travel-document holders, so that there is a style and type for everyone. (And newest to the market are the iPad covers and cases, along with a plethora of high-tech covers and carry-alls.)

All of the company's exquisite leather goods use fine-quality materials, sewn by master artisans, and the result is distinctive products...so that your eye can spot the brand when you see it, even if you don't know the name-i.e., the "biggest brand you never heard of."  The prices are exactly what you'd expect to pay for top-quality goods, made with style and flair...and worth every penny.

Posted on June 29, 2010 - by